The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-12
Local and General.

Lebanon will boom this summer.
Our exchanges will please see notice
Mt head of first column on second page.
MIR. q. w. Cruson returned from
California Thursday night much iui-
proved in health.
Quite number of san Francisco and
Portland people have registered at the
hotess of this place during the week.
Among Lebanon parties who paid
Albany visit this week are Mrs. NJ J.
Monteith and Prof. j. i. Stubbletield.
~ NJ. Ralston has Let the contract for
the building of his cottage house on
main street TO |. 4. Conn. The CON
tract price Is s. 800.
I'VE learn from !. II. Thompson that
the school house, formerly known as
the Bently school house has been
changed TO Tallman.
W. A. Cowan, formerly a resident of
Lebanon, after visit of two weeks at
this place returned 10 Albany ON We'd
nesday inorning's train.
r<The largest individual tax i'm Linn
c3dlnty WIS paid hy Jacob Kces, and
anoanrSd s9 81, ,ll6.33, repross ntiug n
property Ns'iue of sTA,GSS.
>~.Iohn LeedN viii soon start his steam
s,ew mill, four nailts below town. He
has quite an extensive contract TO su =
pix lumber for the o. p Railroad
BY the conviction of another section
of the Californiu 4 Osegen railroad
staging on the overland route to Cali
fornia Is reduced Co less liian co miles
The Baptists of McMmnvilIe have
been holding protracted meetings at
that place for some six weeks. Over
twenty-five accessions have been made
TO the church.
]. Mowory, of Sweet Home, passed
through Lebanon on Wednesday, on
h'S WAY t. Waco chultv, where he
will be engaged with his brother IN the
lumbering business.
The terms of subscription for THE
EXPRESS arc as follows. one wear s.. 90;
six months, A.@5; three months, IS cts
Strictly ia ofruRce. Those who have
subscribed will please take notice.
Mr.. T. J. Alley lsctured NJ the G.. p.
church last Tuesday night on prohibit
bition. Mr.. Alley is am enthusiastic
worker IN the Temperance cause and is
doing good work for the amendment.
During the pest few days all of our
merchants have been receiving their
spring midsummer stock Of new goods,
and the sh0w-windows of the several
stores present quite attractive appear
ances.
An attcInYt was made. hy some evil
disposed person II break into Dr. Folev's
residence Thursday night A. there
are some suspicious looking individ-
uals in town, il may be will for people
u be watehfuI.
\ little son OF John Grimes living
near Harrisburg. fell oat of the barn
one deN last week and fractured his
arm above the elbow. The fracture
was an ubiiqc one and SOM difficulty
was had In adjusting the bones.
Oreg0aida 4 large number of i'm
migrants arrived here Yesterday by
the Pacific express, more than have
come in on any one train for two years
pest. The prospects ara good foTaverv
large immigration to this section his
wear.
f. II. Roscoe. Of the firm or Roscoe
& Go, returned from Portland few
days ag9 ami the result of his visit to
the metropolis can I've se in the inn
mense stock Of new hardware and farm
implements now being exposed to tine
view Of customers.
[W.I. Guy Is fitting up the building
opposite the St. Caaries hotel, formerly
occupied 10y J. W. Scanland. in good
SHAPE, while the latter gentleman i
engaged in etitTing the building known
as the old butcher shop, where he will
soon commence business.
From The Dalles comes the follow
ing: The snow which has been on the
hills for some time has about all dis
Ippeared and the spring rains have set
IN. This j. a welcome change to farm
eTs and stock men as there is but little
grass in the country and stock is in
poor condition to stand severe weather
The loss OF stock has already been quite
heavy.
J. Shea, of Sweet Home was i'm town
wednesday, from whom we learn that
the snow has about disappeared in that
section, and the people generally are
feeling better with fi8ttering prospects
for good crops next harvest. lie says
the report that Brigam Young had
come back, created some conSternation
up there but everything is now serene
and spring-like.
Mr.. F. f. Hammock p NJ, Of Tall
man, has moved into his neat new
house Just completed. We understand
he acntertaiucd his ncighbors and friends
AT his new residence last evening with
an oyster supper. \ very pheasant
time was had. Mr.. Hanmack j. an
equal partner with Mr.. Smith i'm the
splendid new warehouse at the June
ton.
\ writer in Salem paper says every
year that has a seven in il has been an
unlucky year. and predicts that the
present one win be broken up by dis
asters tpidemics and cholera. IN diff
ferent places diseases will prove sud
denly fatal; fruit will blight; many
wealthy and political leaders will be
cut down: and the finances of the
world will he disturbed by great fail
urCS.
We are glad 10 welcome to Lebanon
Mr.. f. Prince whom me knew in the
hotel business st Grants Pass. Ii il
to be regretted that he is suffering from
an attack of asthma, the result of eX-
posure while engaged i'm selling goods
on the line of California * Oregon rail
road He has come here with the in
tention OF going INTO business, and has
the best wishes of every one for future
health and prosperity.
w Il. Wilcox, of Beuna Vista, Polk
county, has q new invention which
will be Of practical use to hop growers.
This invention consists of an attach
ment for cross bar, or bracket, on hop
poles, whereby one pole will answer
the purpose of two. Prominent hop
growers have also examined the at
tachment, and claim that the expense
Of producing will be less than one-haf,